The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-02-25

one would be small enough to take
advantage Of it. But there are some
men who think that laws should be-
obeyed, and that long. troublesome and
expensive litigations growing out of
illegal acts should be avoided. I will
willingly pay my share of the expense
of rectifying the error.
Somewhere in this report, the COM
mittee use the word " airing" and then
follows an array of figures, proving
more c0nclusively than those / gave
the need of public attention to their
own business affairs. The success of
the committee in this line Of " airing"
has inspired me with the hope that
something valuable could be learned
by airing the Martin Thomas defalca-
ton matter, and, as little bit of bust
ness introduced right here may prove
pleasant variety, I here offer to pay
the expense OF employing competent
expert, who shall examine the books of
both our city which, il well
done, will, / think, show how it hap
pened that, January 8, 1879, Martin
Thomas showed the committee of the
County Board, by his bank account,
that the funds of the county were in
tact, and in very short time there
after proved to be defaulter in
larger amount. At a special meeting in
May, 1879, an election was held and
Treasurer appointed to fill the vacan-
cy caused by the resignation of Mar
tin Thomas. In that election there was
soldier on one side and an officer in
certain bank on the other, and in
that case, as in this. the soldier went
to the wall.
l am accused of signing a petition
and writing letter for the Hon. j. b.
Jllsun, for the position of Postmaster
for our city. This is true. At the same
time, it Is true that Capt Frantz made
application for the position, without
my knowledge, and was appointed. L
think was to blame for not looking
after a soldier for the place before
committing myself to any person other
than a soldier. This report, after say
| ing the Board had as much respect
for the soldier, and Capt. Frantz in
particular, as Mr.. simmons" says that
had it not been tor the irrecOncilable
acts of the party who presented bis
name, he might have been elected
Suppose, if you please, my acts are IT.
acknowledgements they are bad
and that the Board felt it to be duty
to reDuke and punish me. have never
skulked. | am and always have been
open, and where I could be reached.
Then why cowardly strike one.armed
soldler-in fact, all the soldiers in this
county-that thereby man whose
acts are irreconcllable may be punish
edP This is the only plea offered IN
justification of an act which, when IN
dorsed by a full vote, and placed on
record, / characterized as the most
shameful and disgraceful that ever
stained the page of any book OF county
records of this or any other state.
! Suppose, again, that the relations vi
Capt. Frantz and myself were 50 close
as to make the Board believe that the
endorsement of the one was the en-
dorsement of the other. There are
many soldiers who were not open to
this or any objection, capable and: DC.
serving, and to whom the salary would
have been blessing. At the second
meeting one vote was cast, on the IN
formal ballot, for one-armed soldier.
On the formal ballot, not one for any
soldier. Could insincerity, ingratitude
or shameless disregard of sacred
pledges be more glaringly exhibited {
When this report of the committee
goes on record the black pages will be
| blacker.
am accused of appearing nineteen
times before this Board during the
time the writer of this report has been
connected with the Board. This is the
climax of my offending, the like of
which is without parallel, and. accord
ing to this committee, / am never to be
permitted to do so again, by this or any
other Board. Now. Mr.. Editor,
this is cruel: this is hard. /
have been a taxpayer in this county
for SO years, and to be cut off just now
is deplorabie. l am not to be allowed
to give $4,000, or any other sum, for
county purposes. l cannot work six
months. or any other time, without
pay other than abuse from commit
tee who misrepresent the good people
of this county. / am not to be allowed
to speak against swindling tramp bills
or advocate any claim, just or unjust.
| wonder if I will be allowed to pay
taxesP Stiffness gone to seed. Do they
think the people of this county cannot
tell the difference between citizen
who has never asked anything for him
self. and who willingly takes his full
share of the public burdens, andsa SCI
of men whose greatest achievement is
the successful drawing of their per
diem between the man who puts into
the Treasury and the set who only
take Outp -
Mr.. Editor, I come back to this re-
port which has no one to father it, and
it occurs to me to make our distin.i
guished citizen, Mr.. Br1ckbat,.sa sugf
gestion. Adopt the orphan-take il
back to your home-give it kindly
shelter-it will fit in with your produc
tions nicely-and the family likt ness
will be so close as to disarm all suspi
ciOn. Is
Finally, Mr.. Editor, many, many
years ago, a man by name of Adam
ate an apple in certain garden. and
ever since the world has gone wrong.
Crime and war desOlate the land, and
misery fills the cup of all human be-
ings. In itself, the act was trivia, but
it was a violation of law, and the con
sequences are beyond all comprehen-
Sion. When Adam was questioned,
and charged with the act, there being
no material out of which to form a